Katy Perry too hot for Sesame Street?

Sesame Street has pulled a spot with Katy Perry after parents complained that she showed too much cleavage. The clip showed Perry and Elmo in a parody of her song Hot ‘N Cold. Perry chases Elmo in an attempt to get him to play dress up while wearing a low cut lime green dress topped with a flesh-colored fabric and a white veil.

Sesame Street has always been written on two levels, for the child and adult. We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or care-giver. We also value our viewer’s opinions and particularly those of parents. In light of the feedback we’ve received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on You Tube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers.